Name
getservbyname
Synopsis
getservbyname name, proto
Translates a service (port) name to its
corresponding port number. proto
is a
protocol name such as tcp
. The
return value in list context is:
($name, $aliases, $port_number, $protocol_name)
In scalar context, getservbyname
returns only the service
port number.
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